Places Autocomplete Warning: google.maps.places.Autocomplete is not available to new customers.

[mattsday]

Environment details

1. Specify the API at the beginning of the title (for example, "Places: ...")
2. OS type and version: ChromeOS / Linux
3. Library version and other environment information: @googlemaps/extended-component-library: 0.6.13

When running the autocomplete widget, I get the following console warning:

As of March 1st, 2025, google.maps.places.Autocomplete is not available to new customers. Please use google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement instead. At this time, google.maps.places.Autocomplete is not scheduled to be discontinued, but google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement is recommended over google.maps.places.Autocomplete. While google.maps.places.Autocomplete will continue to receive bug fixes for any major regressions, existing bugs in google.maps.places.Autocomplete will not be addressed. At least 12 months notice will be given before support is discontinued. Please see https://developers.google.com/maps/legacy for additional details and https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places-migration-overview for the migration guide.

A simple <PlacePicker> is enough to cause this warning:

<PlacePicker id={id} placeholder={defaultValue} onPlaceChange={handleChange} />

Will this library be updated to support the new underlying library mentioned in the migration guide?

[zekgyn]

I came across this today as well,

[gabbeyspintech]

hello guys
`
Adresse

<script setup lang="ts"> import { Loader } from "@googlemaps/js-api-loader"; import { onMounted, ref } from "vue"; const addressInput = ref(null); const props = defineProps<{ default: string; }>(); const emit = defineEmits<{ (e: "update:modelValue", value: any): void; (e: "search:position", value: any): void; }>(); const lat = ref(null); const lng = ref(null); const search = async (lat: any, lng: any) => { if (lat && lng) { emit("search:position", { lat, lng }); } }; onMounted(async () => { const loader = new Loader({ apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_GOOGLE_MAP_API_KEY, version: "weekly", libraries: ["places"], }); loader.load().then(() => { //@ts-ignore const placeAutocomplete = new google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement(); //@ts-ignore placeAutocomplete.id = "place-autocomplete-input"; const container = document.getElementById("autocomplete-container"); //@ts-ignore container.appendChild(placeAutocomplete); console.log("fin appendChild"); placeAutocomplete.addEventListener("places_changed", async ({ place }: any) => { console.log("event gmp-placeselect"); }); }); }); </script> <style lang="scss"> #autocomplete-container { border: 1px solid #ccc !important; border-radius: 4px; } </style>

`

this is an example of a component i create to use places. but the addEventListener is not working. did someone has the same issue ?

[dominik-eller]

<gmpx-place-picker placeholder="Enter a place" id="place-picker" style="width: 100%"> </gmpx-place-picker>

triggering the warning as well!

[Warning] As of March 1st, 2025, google.maps.places.Autocomplete is not available to new customers. Please use google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement instead. At this time, google.maps.places.Autocomplete is not scheduled to be discontinued, but google.maps.places.PlaceAutocompleteElement is recommended over google.maps.places.Autocomplete. While google.maps.places.Autocomplete will continue to receive bug fixes for any major regressions, existing bugs in google.maps.places.Autocomplete will not be addressed. At least 12 months notice will be given before support is discontinued. Please see https://developers.google.com/maps/legacy for additional details and https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places-migration-overview for the migration guide. (app-Ul4SUk1M.js, line 69)

[SyedKhasimAli01]

Hi @dominik-eller

Does exisiting projects get impacted with this as we are facing issues when we use 3.61 version. So we explicitly added v=3.59 in our project to resolve the issues. Please let us know if you came across this issue?

Thanks

[dominik-eller]

Hi @dominik-eller

Does exisiting projects get impacted with this as we are facing issues when we use 3.61 version. So we explicitly added v=3.59 in our project to resolve the issues. Please let us know if you came across this issue?

Thanks

I cannot say that for sure. But I believe the version does not matter because the warning is thrown on googles site.

So in my mind there were API changes by google the plugin should reflect in future versions.

So if you need to stay on a specific version the problem never gets solved for your setup.

But also the warning says that it only matters for new API customers...

[dominik-eller]

jhpyle/docassemble#842 (comment)

[jketcham]

This warning is also popping up in the browser console of the demo examples https://configure.mapsplatform.google/place-picker